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Originally Posted by Tomatoking
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there are many factors , if you dont feed your plants every 2-4 weeks you wont get good results , you need quality soluable natural fertilizers and those arent cheap
you also need to spray your plants , all of them, against various buggies including ( But not limited to ) Caterpillars ** nemotodes ( horrible soil bugs ) Leaf miners , and various beetles that will hump your plants and eat silly amounts of your tasties while you sleep.
peppers require a bee to get a pepper btw , and phosphorous to make a flower , when they are full grown add bone meal
start with GARDEN SOIL not potting soil and definitley dont buy manure or compost unless you are feeding an adult tree, big problem most people make when they start gardening.
if you can , raise your beds with composite lumber ( if you have bucks irl ) USe regular wood if not , dig down at least 4 inches and remove soil if your dirt sucks
i bought 10 big bags of miracle grow garden soil for the tomatoes you see in my pics , thats about 100 bucks , my tessara was around 120 bucks , ive spent 27$ so far on fertilizer , 2 bottles of caterpillar spray @ 10 bucks each , 1 bottle of organicide and other then strings or clips so far no other expenses.
growing in dirt is just as expensive as hydroponically trust me. 1 gallon of botanicare CNS17 should last you 1 year and its 28$ Best part is you can spray the nutrients directly on your plants at half strength for max uptake
Hydro plants grow more then 4x as fast as regular plants
ill take a pic of my broccoli tomorrow you wont believe how fast its growing.
you can build your own hydro system with a small amount of brown magic and huggie knowledge + a few trips to home depot
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I bought a plant that already had a small pepper grown, just never got bigger.
If you can explain an easy, cheap hydro setup i might consider it, but dont you need a constant influx of water to make it work? I leave everything in the abandoned lot next door (lol) i live in one of the worst neighboorhood of Montreal.
Its not too bad but lets just say if i leave some shiny equipment unattended it might not be there the next morning.